King Tiger

The Königstiger or more commonly known as the king tiger

Info

In service 1944--1945 Nazi Germany

Designer Henschel & Son / Krupp (turret)
Designed 1943
Manufacturer Henschel & Son
Produced 1943--1945
Number built 487

Weight 68.5 tonnes (initial turret)
69.8 tonnes (production turret)
Length 7.61 m
10.286 m with gun forward
Width 3.755 m
Height 3.09 m
Crew 5 (commander, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver)

Armor 25--180 mm
Primary
armament 1× 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71
84 rounds
Secondary
armament 2× 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34
4,800 rounds
Engine V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30
700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
Power/weight 10 PS/tonne
Transmission Maybach OLVAR EG 40 12 16 B (8 forward and 4 reverse)
Suspension torsion-bar
Operational
range 170 km (110 miles)
Speed 41.5 km/h (25.8 mph)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• King
• Tiger
• Tank
• Panzerkampfwagen
• KING
• tiger
• konigstiger
• konigs

[SuperTimebandit]

Absolutly nice Pics and a fearsome Tank

Good Job

[HellGateDenmark]

@SuperTimebandit Well thank you

[MeFJuve]

150mm pff.... W allies

[Nemetsa]

From Nemetsa to @memadmax69 you are absolutely right.Two generals failed to stop Hitler and if he had even more tanks they would have been running like sheep.

[Sgreenenov13]

@memadmax69 these king tigers were useless

[memadmax69]

If they had an extra 100 of these in the Africa campaign they would have won the war.

[2004DAZZA]

Awesome tank but not very practical. Costly in both production, materials, and also fuel inefficient. There were few bridges that could support it's enormous weight, As there is a major river every 100km or so in Europe this is a critical factor. It's sheer size made it almost impotent in urban areas without infantry support.

Having said that it's still an impressive vehicle even by todays standards.

[HeirofGojira91]

Were there any famous Bengal Tiger tanks? I mean Tiger 131 is one of the most famous and spectacular Tiger I tanks of WWII that is still surviving but what about the Bengal Tigers?

[HeirofGojira91]

@MArkGilfach Begal Tiger's were expensive, too heavy and suffered fuel hungry problems compared to the Allies - the Panther or Jagdpanther would have done better - particularly the latter as it mounted the same armament only lacking a turret - yet the Jagdpanther was too little to actually turn tides of the war :( Not to mention crazy projects demanded by high-powered Nazi's besides Hitler himself...

[HeirofGojira91]

@MArkGilfach German tanks and tactics remained superior in the defensive battles of WWII - however quality and quantity do make good - take the IS-2 - it may have the faults of speed, poor optics, poor gun accuracy but compared to a T-34/85 or a Sherman 75mm the IS-2 would have been a more dangerous challenge to the Germans - plus more IS-2's were made compared to all Tiger variants put together. To be honest though the Bengal Tiger was somewhat 'flawed' - compared to the Elefant.

[xem1969]

super info

[heiplum]

BEST OF THE WORLD!!!

[TheKing1cobra]

you misspelled malfunction